Three-fingered mitten



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' Application filed septem'ber 88, 1928. Serial No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN T. Basnm, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Threeblank.

Fingered Mittens, of which the following is a specification.

three finger mittens and the present invention is an improvement upon myU. S. Patent No. 1,378,? 58, issued May- 17, 1921.

One object of the present invention is to provide a reversiblemitten, 1. e., one that can be worn equally as well on either hand sothat when the side which constituted the alm of one mitten when worn onthe right and becomes nearly worn out the mitten can .be transferred tothe left hand and thereby greatly prolong the life of said mitten overthat of. the one disclosed by my patent above referred to which isadapted for use on one hand only and mifi therefore be made in pairs forthe rig and left hands.

Another object is to reinforce the mitten to better advantage so as toget lon er wear than is possible with a mitten ma e of the same materialand in accordance with my aforementioned patent.

Other objects will hereinafter appear and v in order that the inventionmay be fully understood, reference will now be had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the body blank used 1n the manufactureof theinvention.

Fig. 2 .is' a view similar to Fi gussets and a reinforcement add a Fig.3 is an enlarged detail of one of the ssets. I

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of a reinforcement-for the thumb blank ofthe mitten.

Fi .5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the t umb: blank added.

Fig. 6 is a reduced detail of the thumb Fig. 7 is an elevation-of thecompleted mitten. Referring now in detail to the various parts, 2designatesthe body blank cut from one piece of material and both sidesSand which are alike. The, side 3- of the blank 2' has several gersections 1, 6 nd 8 j roject for wardly therefrom. e sie. 5 has forandits marggns are stitched together as 1 ith indicated at 3 sides of thethumb 28 are :1

thumb opening 16 extending from its mar- My invention relates toimprovements in is a separate piece and may be of sufiicient size tocover a large area of the sides 3 and 4 of the blank 2. A gusset 2A issecured to one side of the finger section A and to the adjacent side ofa fin er section 6 by stitching 25, while a secon gusset 26 is securedto the opposite side of the finger section 6 and to the ad'acent side ofthe fingfier section 8,'by stitc g 27, as shown 28 designates a thumbblank cut from one piece of material and both sides of which 8 arealike. Saidthumb blank 28 has a centrallg-disposed opening 30 extendingin? war ly from its margin 32 and corresponding to the thumb o ening 16in the bod blank 2. The thumb blank 28 is provid i with a reinforcement29, secured in place by stitching 31. The thumbbla 28. is p aced overthe reinforcement 26 d secured to the body blank 2 b a row of stitching34. The thumb blank 28 is then folded upon itself along the center line36 The body blank 2 is then folded upon itself alon a central line 38and its margins W are stitc edtogether as indicated at 40, Fig. 7. Thefree margin of the gusset 2A is then stitched to the adjacent margins ofthe finger sections 10 and 12 and the gusset 26=is stitched to theadiacent-margins of Am the finger sections 12 and 1A. The ends of thefinger sections A andlO are then con.- nected by stitching '16, and theends of the finger sections, 6- and 12 are connected by stitching 48.The margins 18 and 32 of the body blank .2. and the thumb blankrespectively, are .then stitched to the usual wrist band 50. Thecompleted mitten is then turned inside out and is ready to be worn oneither the right or left hand, as o bothsides 3and Bare enactl l sincehalf of its opening 30 is in the side 3 and the other half in the side 5the mitten will be equally as comfortable on either hand.

By reference to Fig. 7 it will be noted that the reinforcements and 29are so understood that I have provided a three finger mitten embodyingthe advantages above pointed out, and while I have shown the preferredform of such mitten I reserve the right to make such changes in theform,

proportion and minor details that properlyfall within the scope of theinvention as set forth and claimed.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a three finger mitten a body blank cut to form duplicate sides andfinger sections, the last section being of sufficient capacityto'receive the third and fourth fingers, said blank being adapted to befolded upon itself along a central line and stitched together at itsmargins and rovided along its folded portion with a t umb opening whichextends equally into both sides of said body blank, a se aratereinforcement sewed to the body b ank and having an opening registeringwith the thumb opening 'in said-blank, gussets sewed to the adjacentmargins of the corresponding finger sections, a thumb blank havingduplicate sides with an opening corres onding to the thumb opening inthe b0 y blank, said thumb blank being stitched to the body blank aroundthe margins of the thumb openings and folded upon itself along a centralline and stitched together at its margins, and a separate reinforcementstitched to the thumb blank and having an opening registering with theopening in said thumb blank,- substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWIN T. BASKIN. Witnesses:

L. J. Freeman, 'F. C. FISCHER.

